Russians in Estonia cast State Duma election votes at Tallinn embassy
Voting for Russia's State Duma elections went ahead at Russia's embassy in Tallinn over the weekend, permitting Russian citizens residing in Estonia to vote.
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin leads in early district results for the new Duma, with over 92% of the vote in his Saratov constituency, according to the Central Election Commission. Out of the 4.05% of precinct reports processed, Communist Party candidate Denis Bulanov is in second place with 4.11%. In the last parliamentary election in September 2021, Volodin secured 76.32% of the vote in the same district, with 4.48% of precinct reports processed.
Once all reports were in, he finished with 72.11%. Volodin has been serving as Duma speaker for two terms since 2016. At Meduza, transparency is a commitment; this story was written by one of our journalists and translated using an AI model that follows strict editorial standards. Every draft is reviewed by a Meduza editor before publication.
Should you spot any errors in this translation, please reach out to reports@meduza.io. For Meduza's exclusive English content, consider subscribing to our newsletter.
Written by urgent.news from Meduza (English)'s reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
